The Original Vermihut ® Plus 5 – Tray Worm Composter -Dark Green,Sustainable Design for Both Indoor & Outdoor, Worm Compost Bin for Vermicomposting Starter, Recycling Food Wastes

Wanted to try my hand at this and took a chance on this item. Upon arrival, the bottom liquid catching part had a massive crack due to shipping and was unusable. I contacted Vermitek directly and they responded within 24 hours that a new part will be shipped and arrive within the week. It was and now we have everything setup.It was an easy set up for the most part. The instructions were a little confusing due to diagram and all items included were not labeled on instructions. There were bonus items I'm still not sure of their purpose. However, it was genuinely nice they included these hidden surprises. The one design opportunity I think is the bottom tray and guard board do not have a more secure lock in to each other and the bottom feeding tray. I think some sort of tray guard rail would help instead of being flush.While there are cheaper variants out there, I decided to buy this one as it appears to be a legitimate business attempt at a product and not a knockoff trying to cash in.The value has been great overall and the customer support was fantastic. The size is suitable for a small operation with opportunity to grow. I would definitely recommend.

The media could not be loaded. I started vermicomposting almost a year ago with this. This is as complete a composter as you can ask for. Perfect size and quality for one person to handle, and easy to bring my worms in during winter. It comes with all you'll need to start vermicomposting. My kitchen has no odors, and my worms are happy. I mean, I haven't asked them, but they continue to multiply like rabbits. Of the thousands of worms I started with, a few wriggled away initially, but I don't think they are happier wherever they may be. Some drowned in excessive rain, and some may be in the bellies of birds or other predatory creatures. The ones that stayed are treated to fresh organic matter once reserved only for worm royalty. My worm population has tripled in size, thanks to great vermigoverning from myself... The Lord of the Worms.(Disclaimer: Coffee portrayed in the video is not actually coffee and likely contains worm pee. I use it as an organic fertilizer. Consume at your own risk.)

Best worm tower I've found. Easy to follow instructions, easy to set up and use. 4 stars instead of 5 because of price. It is too expensive for what it is. Best advice I have is don't love your worms too much. Don't look at them every day, they don't like to be disturbed. Don't over feed them. Do monitor soil ph and moisture content. Many have worm farms for composting and using worm castings for gardening, the rest of us raise big fat worms for fishing.

My first worm-bin traveled through several moves but died a tragic death in the late 1990s when mice chewed their way in and feasted on my hard-working worms, so I'd been leery of keeping one in the cellar ever since. We started this one at room-temperature in a seldom-used space with mixed worm species from a local professional supplier (worm castings are big with the marijuana trade) and they'd multiplied happily, but they needed to move to our cellar and I was fearful that the mice or the cold would put an end to them. There's probably a little heat from normal composting processes, however, and it turns out that mice can't crawl upside down so I moved a stack of four trays onto a 40" square of 3/4" plywood on top of sturdy former router table table (and out of jumping distance from nearby climbables) and everyone is doing great. There must be 3 or 4 pounds of worms now and even when it's under 50°F they go through a couple pounds a week of well-vetted scrapings, rinds, too-spotty veggies and fruit.The worms can only process so much shredded corrugated, b&w newspaper, and other "browns", however, and this design produces more liquid than models with more aeration, so another advantage of the 40"x40" plywood square is that I can position a container under the tap and tip the square with the bins on top of it to empty the bottom reservoir weekly (which is a nice bonus for the houseplant forest, too!). Moisture is also an issue when the bottom bin of castings is ready to "harvest", so you'll need to do some air- and/or sun-drying, but that's all part of the worm-husbandry fun, right?The bins are sturdy and fit together well. The coconut-fibre top pad won't last long but the worms don't seem to need it. They'll thrive as long as the human factor is consistent and considerate! No onions, no potatoes, and nothing too watery... and the worms are happy and remarkably odorless.

This Composting worm bin was easy to set up. I didn't use the coco mat for the top because it doesn't smell. It's been easy to maintain. I dug up some worms from my yard a couple of weeks ago and they are doing great. I did have one worm try to escape but it wasn't a big issue. I simply put it back in the bin. The size is perfect. It comes with five trays. It's a great value for what I spent. Also my worms seem to be doing fine and are healthy

Works very well. Great for small spaces. Makes a good amount of soil for starting seeds and houseplants. Very good buy.